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Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:35
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The Global Alliance for Infections in Surgery: defining a model for antimicrobial stewardship—results from an international cross-sectional survey
Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs (ASPs) have been promoted to optimize antimicrobial usage and patient outcomes, and to reduce the emergence of antimicrobial-resistant organisms. However, the best strategies...
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Non-operative management for penetrating splenic trauma: how far can we go to save splenic function?
Selective non-operative management (NOM) for the treatment of blunt splenic trauma is safe. Currently, the feasibility of selective NOM for penetrating splenic injury (PSI) is unclear. Unfortunately, little is...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:33 -
Delta neutrophil index as an early predictor of acute appendicitis and acute complicated appendicitis in adults
This retrospective study aimed to evaluate the ability of the delta neutrophil index (DNI) to predict histologically normal appendicitis preoperatively and to differentiate between simple and complicated appen...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:32 -
Outcomes following repair of incarcerated and strangulated ventral hernias with or without synthetic mesh
The use of synthetic mesh for ventral hernia repair under contaminated conditions is a controversial issue due to the considerable risk of surgical site infection (SSI). This study aimed to review the outcomes...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:31 -
A meta-analysis of resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) or open aortic cross-clamping by resuscitative thoracotomy in non-compressible torso hemorrhage patients
The objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to determine the effect of REBOA, compared to resuscitative thoracotomy, on mortality and among non-compressible torso hemorrhage trauma patients.
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:30 -
The management of intra-abdominal infections from a global perspective: 2017 WSES guidelines for management of intra-abdominal infections
Intra-abdominal infections (IAIs) are common surgical emergencies and have been reported as major contributors to non-trauma deaths in the emergency departments worldwide.
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:29 -
Low values of central venous oxygen saturation (ScvO2) during surgery and anastomotic leak of abdominal trauma patients
There is a well known relationship between hypoperfusion and postoperative complications like anastomotic leak. No studies have been done addressing this relationship in the context of abdominal trauma surgery...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:28 -
The use of laparoscopy in managing penetrating thoracoabdominal injuries in Africa: 83 cases reviewed
The use of laparoscopy in managing haemodynamically stable patients with penetrating thoracoabdominal injuries in developed countries is wildly practiced, but in Africa, the use of laparoscopy is still in its ...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:27 -
Penetrating cardiac trauma: analysis of 240 cases from a hospital in Bogota, Colombia
Trauma characteristics and its management is influenced by socioeconomic context. Cardiac trauma constitutes a challenge for surgeons, and outcomes depend on multiple factors including initial care, characteri...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:26 -
Early recognition of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infections using risk and protective factors identified by a group of Italian surgeons through Delphi method
Surgical site infections (SSIs) constitute a major clinical problem in terms of morbidity, mortality, duration of hospital stay, and overall costs. The bacterial pathogens implicated most frequently are Streptoco...
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The rate of success of the conservative management of liver trauma in a developing country
The conservative treatment of liver trauma has made important progress over the last 10 years at the Trauma University Hospital in Tirana, Albania. The percentage of success was 58.7%. The aims of this study w...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:24 -
Emergency surgery due to diaphragmatic hernia: case series and review
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a congenital abnormality, rare in adults with a frequency of 0.17–6%. Diaphragmatic rupture is an infrequent consequence of trauma, occurring in about 5% of severe clos...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:23 -
Management of intra-abdominal infections: recommendations by the WSES 2016 consensus conference
This paper reports on the consensus conference on the management of intra-abdominal infections (IAIs) which was held on July 23, 2016, in Dublin, Ireland, as a part of the annual World Society of Emergency Sur...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:22 -
The impact of preoperative etiology on emergent pancreaticoduodenectomy for non-traumatic patients
Emergent pancreaticoduodenectomy is a life-saving procedure in certain clinical scenarios when all the conservative treatment fails. The indications can be limited into perforation and bleeding. To clarify the...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:21 -
Acute care surgery: a means for providing cost-effective, quality care for gallstone pancreatitis
Modern practice guidelines recommend index cholecystectomy (IC) for patients admitted with gallstone pancreatitis (GSP). However, this benchmark has been difficult to widely achieve. Previous work has demonstr...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:20 -
Non-iatrogenic esophageal injury: a retrospective analysis from the National Trauma Data Bank
Traumatic, non-iatrogenic esophageal injuries, despite their rarity, are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The optimal management of these esophageal perforations remains largely debated. To...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:19 -
Role of intraoperative cholangiography for detecting residual stones after biliary pancreatitis: still useful? A retrospective study
Intraoperative cholangiography (IOC) may detect residual stones in the common bile duct (CBD) after acute biliary pancreatitis (ABP). The aim of the present study is to analyze the utility of IOC in detecting ...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:18 -
Performance of new adjustments to the TRISS equation model in developed and developing countries
The Trauma and Injury Severity Score (TRISS) has been criticized for being based on data from the USA and Canada—high-income countries—and therefore, it may not be applicable to low-income and middle-income co...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:17 -
Combined totally mini-invasive approach in necrotizing pancreatitis: a case report and systematic literature review
Currently, both the step-up approach, combining percutaneous drainage (PD) and video-assisted retroperitoneal debridement (VARD), and endoscopic transgastric necrosectomy (ETN) are mini-invasive techniques for...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:16 -
The history of risk: a review
In the USA alone, around 22 million patients annually discuss the need for surgical procedure with their surgeon. On a global scale, more than 200 million patients are exposed to the risk of undergoing a surgi...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:15 -
A historical review of surgery for peritonitis secondary to acute colonic diverticulitis: from Lockhart-Mummery to evidence-based medicine
The management of patients with colonic diverticular perforation is still evolving. Initial lavage with or without simple suture and drainage was suggested in the late 19th century, replaced progressively by t...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:14 -
Erratum to: IROA: International Register of Open Abdomen, preliminary results
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:13 -
Acute appendicitis, inflammatory appendiceal mass and the risk of a hidden malignant tumor: a systematic review of the literature
Acute appendicitis is significantly common. Despite the increased use of computed tomography, the number of perforated cases has been stable in the past three decades. Between 2% and 6% of patients with acute ...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:12 -
Safety and effectiveness of propranolol in severely burned patients: systematic review and meta-analysis
The objective of this systematic review was to determine the effectiveness and safety of propranolol compared to placebo or usual care for improving clinical relevant outcomes in severely burned patients (TBSA...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:11 -
IROA: International Register of Open Abdomen, preliminary results
No definitive data about open abdomen (OA) epidemiology and outcomes exist. The World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) and the Panamerican Trauma Society (PTS) promoted the International Register of Open Ab...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:10 -
A review of the epidemiology and treatment of orthopaedic injuries after earthquakes in developing countries
Earthquakes in developing countries are devastating events. Orthopaedic surgeons play a key role in treating earthquake-related injuries to the extremities. We describe orthopaedic injury epidemiology to help ...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:9 -
Laparoscopic vs. open surgery for the treatment of iatrogenic colonoscopic perforations: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Iatrogenic colonoscopy perforations (ICP) are a rare but severe complication of diagnostic and therapeutic colonoscopies. The present systematic review and meta-analysis aims to investigate the operative and p...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:8 -
CD4 + CD25 + CD127 high cells as a negative predictor of multiple organ failure in acute pancreatitis
It has been suggested that severity of the immune response induced by immune cells is associated with morbidity and mortality from acute pancreatitis. The authors investigated and evaluated the relationship be...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:7 -
Performance of imaging studies in patients with suspected appendicitis after stratification with adult appendicitis score
Diagnostic scoring is used to stratify patients with suspected appendicitis into three groups: high, intermediate, and low probability of appendicitis. The stratification can be used for selective imaging to a...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:6 -
Pelvic trauma: WSES classification and guidelines
Complex pelvic injuries are among the most dangerous and deadly trauma related lesions. Different classification systems exist, some are based on the mechanism of injury, some on anatomic patterns and some are...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:5 -
An investigation of bedside laparoscopy in the ICU for cases of non-occlusive mesenteric ischemia
Acute mesenteric ischemia is a rare affection with high related mortality. NOMI presents the most important diagnostic problems and is related with the higher risk of white laparotomy. This study wants to give...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:4 -
Preventive transarterial embolization in upper nonvariceal gastrointestinal bleeding
Transarterial embolization (TAE) is a therapeutic option for patients with a high risk of recurrent bleeding after endoscopic haemostasis. The aim of our prospective study was a preliminary assessment of the s...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:3 -
Youth traffic-related injuries: a prospective study
Traffic-related injuries are the most common cause of morbidity and mortality of the youth. Our aim was to study epidemiology, risk factors and outcome of hospitalized youth patients injured in road traffic co...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:2 -
Lower gastrointestinal bleeding—Computed Tomographic Angiography, Colonoscopy or both?
Lower endoscopy (LE) is the standard diagnostic modality for lower gastrointestinal bleeding (LGIB). Conversely, computed tomographic angiography (CTA) offers an immediate non-invasive diagnosis visualizing th...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2017 12:1 -
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute calculous cholecystitis: a retrospective study assessing risk factors for conversion and complications
The purpose of the study was to identify risk factors for conversion of laparoscopic cholecystectomy and risk factors for postoperative complications in acute calculous cholecystitis. The most common complicat...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2016 11:54 -
OBITUARY: Giorgio Gambale (1955-2015)
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2016 11:53 -
Erratum to: 2016 WSES guidelines on acute calculous cholecystitis
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2016 11:52 -
Triple diagnostics for early detection of ambivalent necrotizing fasciitis
Necrotizing fasciitis is an uncommon, rapidly progressive and potential lethal condition. Over the last decade time to surgery decreased and outcome improved, most likely due to increased awareness and more ti...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2016 11:51 -
WSES classification and guidelines for liver trauma
The severity of liver injuries has been universally classified according to the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) grading scale. In determining the optimal treatment strategy, however, the ...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2016 11:50 -
In-hospital costs of an admission for adhesive small bowel obstruction
Previous research on the costs of treatment for ASBO is outdated and often based on reimbursements, rather than true healthcare provider costs of the admission and related interventions. An accurate estimate o...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2016 11:49 -
Validity of predictive factors of acute complicated appendicitis
Our previous retrospective study revealed the three preoperative predictors of complicated appendicitis (perforated or gangrenous appendicitis), which are body temperature ≥37.4 °C, C-reactive protein ≥4.7 mg/...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2016 11:48 -
Splenic artery embolization: technically feasible but not necessarily advantageous
The spleen is the second most commonly injured organ in cases of abdominal trauma. Management of splenic injury depends on the clinical status of the patient and can include nonoperative management (NOM), sple...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2016 11:47 -
Prediction of blunt traumatic injuries and hospital admission based on history and physical exam
We evaluated the ability of experienced trauma surgeons to accurately predict specific blunt injuries, as well as patient disposition from the emergency department (ED), based only on the initial clinical eval...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2016 11:46 -
Ex-vivo and live animal models are equally effective training for the management of a penetrating cardiac injury
Live tissue models are considered the most useful simulation for training in the management for hemostasis of penetrating injuries. However, these models are expensive, with limited opportunities for repetitiv...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2016 11:45 -
Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy: a retrospective cohort study assessing outcomes and cost-effectiveness
Appendectomy is the most common surgical procedure performed in emergency surgery. Because of lack of consensus about the most appropriate technique, appendectomy is still being performed by both open (OA) and...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2016 11:44 -
Emergency abdominal surgery after solid organ transplantation: a systematic review
Due to the increasing number of solid organs transplantations, emergency abdominal surgery in transplanted patients is becoming a relevant challenge for the general surgeon. The aim of this systematic review o...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2016 11:43 -
Laparoscopic lavage versus resection in perforated diverticulitis with purulent peritonitis: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Purulent peritonitis from acute left colon diverticulitis is a relatively common presentation of diverticular disease; historically the treatment was the Hartmann procedure. Laparoscopic peritoneal lavage has ...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2016 11:42 -
Retrospective one-million-subject fixed-cohort survey of utilization of emergency departments due to traumatic causes in Taiwan, 2001–2010
Epidemiological study was needed to evaluate trends in emergency department (ED) utilization that could be taken into account when making policy decisions regarding the delivery and distribution of medical res...
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2016 11:41 -
Pattern and predictors of mortality in necrotizing fasciitis patients in a single tertiary hospital
Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a fatal aggressive infectious disease. We aimed to assess the major contributing factors of mortality in NF patients.
Citation: World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2016 11:40